Healthcare staff wellbeing, burnout, and patient safety: a systematic review. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Healthcare staff wellbeing, burnout, and patient safety: a systematic review. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network



Systematic review finds burnout and low well-being in health care workers associated with worse patient safety outcomes.
PLoS One. 2016;11:e0159015.

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• Published July 2016

Healthcare staff wellbeing, burnout, and patient safety: a systematic review.

Hall LH, Johnson J, Watt I, Tsipa A, O'Connor DB. PLoS One. 2016;11:e0159015.

Many experts have raised concerns that increasing clinician burnout will hinder patient safety. This systematic review found that poor well-being and burnout in health care workers were associated with worse patient safety outcomes. The authors suggest that improving well-beingat work for health care staff should be a part of patient safety efforts.

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